Metallic receptacle



H. H. GOGAY.

METALLIC RECEPTACLE.

APPLICATION FILED APR.21, 1919.

1,341,638, Patented June 1, 1926.

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METlLLIC REGEPTACLE.

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Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented June 1, 1920.

Application tiled April 21, 1919.V Serial No. 291,696.

To all fao/tom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, HENRY R. GOGAY a citizen ot the United States,residing at Lolulnbus, in the county of Franklin and State Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useliul Improvements in Metallic Receptacles,oi which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to metallic receptacles, such as caslrs orbarrels, and has for its object to produce a receptacle of this classcharacterized by exceptional strength and general durability, and onewhich may be employed for considerable periods of time without involvingundue physical deterioration.

Another object of the invention resides in a receptacle of the abovecharacter wherein is provided novel means for bracing the ends thereof,wherein the bracing consists for each end ot a pair of spaced diskmembers which have their edges united and secured to the receptacle bodyand wherein their intermediate portions are spaced and joined by meansof a centrally disposed ring or web, this structure serving to brace thereceptacle against all manner of varying stresses and to prevent unduebulging or buckling of any portion thereof.

A further object is to provide one of the end closures of the receptaclewith removable door means in order that access may be had to theinterior of the receptacle or to permit of the withdrawal of itscontents.

lVith these and other objects in view as will appear as the descriptionproceeds, the invention accordingly consists in the novel features ofconstruction7 combination of elcments and arrangement of partshereinafter to be more fully described and to have the scope thereofpointed out in the claim hereunto appended.

In the accompanying dr wing, forming a part of this specification, andin which similar characters of reference denote like and correspondingparts:

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view taken through the receptaclecomprising the present invention, and

Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof.

In its preferred form the receptacle A comprising the present inventionconsists of a tubular outer shell or body 1, which may be either formedfrom plain or corrugated materials, as desired. To inclose the ends ofthe body and to generally strengthen and brace the latter, the lower end2 thereof is provided with a closure 2 of novel and improvedconguration. This closure consists in its preferred form of a pair ofspaced plates or disk members 3, which have their peripheral edges ibent at right angles to their central body portions to lie parallel tothe inner wall of the body 1, and in contiguous relation. These edgesmay be secured to said body 1 either by means of rivets, as shown, orthrough the medium of spot welding, the connection ot course dependingupon the general thiclmess of the materials employed. In section, theplates or disk members 3 diverge from their edges l toward their centralor intermediate portions 5 and are formed to terminate centrally insubstantially flat and spaced portions 6, and are united by means of anintermediately situated ring or web structure 7, the latter beingequipped with flanges 8 which lie adjacent to the portion 6, in orderthat rivets 9 may be placed therethrough to effect the union of thespaced portion 6 of each plate. By virtue of this constructionrelatively thin metal may be employed and through the medium of thepeculiar bracing set forth the receptacle will possess unusual strengthand rigidity so that the same may be employed for considerable periodsof time and may be subjected to hard usage withcut imparting unduedetrimental eects to the same.

The upper end oi' the receptacle is also provided with an end closure 10substantially similar to the bottom closure 2, and in this upper closureuse is made of a pair ot plates 11 which are formed with adjacentperipheral edges designed to lie parallel with thesidcs of the body 1and to which theedges are suitably secured. From points adjacent totheir peripheral edges the plates 11 relatively diverge in a centraldirection and terminate in spaced relation adjacent to a centrallydisposed ring structure 12, to which the inner circular edges of theplates 11 are secured, in any suitable manner. In the upper closure theflat portions 6 which are found in the lower closure are omitted and intheir place a central opening 13 is provided. This opening is adapted toreceive a separable closure member 14, which is substantially cup shapein cross section and is provided to exactly tit within said opening 13.The upper peripheral edge of the closure member is offset to provide anannular flange 15, which rests above the flanges 16 of the ringstructure 12, said latter iianges being employed to unite the inneredges of the plates 11 in secured rela tion. rlhe closure member isfurther provided With vertical side Walls and with a substantially atbottom Wall 17 Vso that the opening 13 Will be completely covered Whenthe closure member is in position therein. To lock the closure member inits applied position, the same is provided'with a thumb member 18, whichextends through the bot-A tom'Wall 17 and is provided interiorly of theshell 1 With a ixed arm 19. This arm 19 extends radially from the member18 and has its ends pivotally connected as at 20 with a plurality oflatch bolts 21, the latter slidingfreely in guides @depending from theunder surface of the Walls 17. By rotating the thumb member the bolts 21may be retracted Vfrom engagement with the under edges of the lower ofthe'plates 11, so that the closure member-as a Whole may be lifted orremoved from the opening 13.

From the foregoing it will be manifest thatV there is provided a barrelor metallic receptacle of considerable utility and one capable or" beingproduced at a very low cost in proportion to its capacity for service.Through the use oi the bracing or the end closures described thereceptacle is rendered exceptionally staunch and durable and yet byvirtue of the bracing the materials employed in the construction of thebarrel may be relatively light or thin Without causing correspondingWeakness thereof in the barcomprising a pair of spaced metallic plates,l

said plates having their peripheral edges rigidly connected to said bodyand being further provided With registering axial openings, an annulusin alinement with said openings and secured to the inner edges of saidplates, a removable closure situated in said openings and having anout-turned Aflange arranged to rest upon the outer of said plates, andlocking mechanism carried` by said closure'and capable of beingprojected into and out of engagement with the inner of said plates.

A1n testimony whereof I affix my signature.

HENRY R. GOGAY.

